,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eidd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ba1       
#bjbj,ms4 ,jackson ,lee introduced the  
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,natural ,resources   
,a ,,bill  ,to establish the ,history   
,is ,learned from the ,living grant     
program to enable communities to learn  
about historical movements in the       
,united ,states in the past century     
through the oral histories of community 
members who participated in those       
movements1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,history ,is ,learned from the      
,living ,act4  #b4 ,sense of ,congress  
regarding preservation of stories of    
heroes of historical movements in the   
,united ,states  7a7 ,findings ,congress
 finds the following3 7#a7 ,the         
historical movements in the ,united     
,states over the past century have been 
integral to growth1 progress1 and       
innovation in the ,united ,states4  7#b7

 ,notable examples of such historical   
movements include the ,women's          
,suffrage1 ,reagan ,revolution1 ,peace1 
,veteran1 ,civil ,rights1 ,tea ,party1  
,chicano 7,el ,movimiento71 ,pro-,life1 
,environmental1 and ,deficit ,reduction 
,movements4  7#c7 ,martin ,luther ,king1
 ,jr41 ,phyllis ,schlafly1 ,cesar       
,chavez1 ,william ,buckley1 ,susan ,b4  
,anthony1 and ,ronald ,reagan are among 
the many well-known heroes of such      
historical movements4  7#d7 ,in addition
 to the well-known heroes of such       
historical movements1 there are numerous
 unsung heroes living in local          
communities across the ,united ,states4 
7b7 ,sense of ,congress ,it is the sense
 of ,congress that the stories of the   
unsung heroes of historical movements in
 the ,united ,states over the past      
century should be preserved and         
archived1 and the historical movements  
in which they participated remembered1  
for generations to come4  #c4 ,history  
,is ,learned from the ,living grant     

program  7a7 ,grant program ,there is   
established the ,history ,is ,learned   
from the ,living grant program 7in this 
section referred to as the ,,hill grant 
program71 to be carried out by the      
,secretary of the ,interior4  7b7       
,requirements ,under the ,,hill grant   
program1 the ,secretary shall make      
#a-year grants in the amount of #ej1jjj 
to community groups1 organizations1 or  
institutions to-- 7#a7 carry out        
projects through which the community may
 learn about historical movements in the
 ,united ,states in the past century    
through the oral histories of members of
 the community who participated in those
 movements2 and  7#b7 submit to the     
,secretary a digital report on the      
projects1 in such form and containing   
such information as may be specified by 
the ,secretary1 including-- 7,a7 each   
oral history described in paragraph     
7#a72  7,b7 the relevance of such oral  
history2 and  7,c7 the background of the
 community member to whom the oral      

history belongs4  7c7 ,application ,to  
be eligible for a grant under this      
section1 a community group1             
organization1 or institution shall      
submit to the ,secretary an application 
at such time1 in such manner1 and       
containing such information as the      
,secretary may require4  7d7            
,preservation of oral histories ,the    
,secretary shall establish a system to  
preserve and make available to the      
public the digital reports submitted    
under subsection 7b77#b74  7e7          
,authorization of appropriations ,there 
is authorized to be appropriated to the 
,secretary to carry out the ,,hill grant
 program #e1jjj1jjj for fiscal year     
#bjah and each fiscal year thereafter4